COVID Update: At this time, you must be fully vaccinated, including boosters, to take an in-person class at the Tuscarora Pottery School. Please email a scan/photograph of your vaccination card after registering to tuscarorapotteryschool@gmail.com

SUMMER 2022 WORKSHOPS
 
 
High School Raku Workshops:  

Session 1:  May 28-May 30  
Session 2:  May 31 - June 2  
Session 3:  June 10 -  June 12
If you would like to schedule your school for a Raku workshop, contact the school today


Weekend Throwing
Workshop
Saturday, July 2, 2022 -
Sunday, July 3, 2022
Instructor: Goedele Vanhille




From Ground to Fire
Wednesday, July 6, 2022 -
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Instructor: Terry Shepherd
 





Soda Fire Workshop
Friday, July 15 - 
Thursday, July 28
Instructor: Jerry Hendershot








Assembling the Doll:
The Process and Practice
of Creative Intuition
Sunday, August 7-
Sunday, August 14,2022 
Instructors: Gail Rappa & Elaine Parks 

We offer one or two two-week long workshops every summer, devoted to throwing on the potters wheel as well as hand-building.   Program design is customized to fit the needs of each individual student. We also offer short weekend workshops.

Topics covered vary depending on the individuals enrolled in the workshop but can include the basics of getting started on the wheel--centering, learning to throw functional forms as well as more advanced topics like altering thrown pots, learning to throw larger pots, developing your own glazes using natural materials in your environment, and so forth. We work with a couple of different stoneware clay bodies we purchase pre-mixed, glaze it raw (i.e. no bisque fire), and single fire in a soda kiln to cone 10 using propane as fuel. 

In addition, we have a raku kiln for doing some extra firing while waiting for the big kilns to cool at the end of a session.
 
Class sizes are small (we limit the residency to 7 participants) so there is ample opportunity for one-on-one interaction with the instructor(s). Positions are filled first come first serve with deposit.

Emphasis is on meeting the individual student at his or her skill/interest level and working from there. 

The cost varies by class (please see individual classes for cost) which includes tuition, room, board, glaze materials, and firing.  Students buy clay from the school at our cost.  If you wish to bring your own clay, please inquire about appropriate types. 

TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE, WE ASK FOR A DEPOSIT PAYABLE ON-LINE OR SENT IN ADVANCE TO:

TUSCARORA POTTERY SCHOOL
PO BOX 33
TUSCARORA, NV  89834

FINAL COURSE PAYMENT AND YOUR SIGNED LIABILITY WAIVER IS DUE 3 WEEKS BEFORE A CLASS BEGINS. 


If you need to cancel, it must be done 3 weeks prior to the start of each class, with a $25.00 cancellation fee.